—The Daily Collegian Thursday, March 8, 1979
Carter on mission to
reach peace treaty
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He said he is confidant Sadat and
Begin "share my determination to see
these negotiations bear fruit."
In . advance of his departure, there
were signals from both Egypt and Israel
they may at last be ready to reach a
settlement.
Passing the word from President
Anwar Sadat, Egypt's Prime Minister
Mustafa Khalil said in Cairo that U.S.
proposals for breaking the treaty
deadlock were "positive" and chances
for peace look "rather good."
But Khalil added that the' two key
proposals Carter offered Israel's Prime
Minister Menachem Begin last
weekend already accepted by Israel's
cabinet, but still not officially
disclosed would need careful
examination and Egypt might require
"some amendments."
Begin also has been speaking op
timistically of a peace treaty signing.
But Israel also may seek some
modifications.
Although U.S. officials were careful
not to express undue optimism, it
seemed possible Carter's mission could
culminate in a summit conference, with
himself, Begin and Sadat initialling a
treaty draft.
That would be a step short of signing a
finished pact which would require the
ironing out of technical language but
it would be a diplomatic triumph.
Carter's schedule includes no fixed
date for return to the United States, a
thing virtually unheard of in presidential
itineraries and a tip-off he is leaving
room for a summit if necessary.
The president apparently hurdled the
main obstacles in advance by proposing
Mideast planning for
the president's visit
By United Press International
President Carter held final discussions
with top advisers in . Washington
yesterday before flying to Cairo on the
first leg of his make-or-break peace
seeking mission to the Middle East.
Before flying to Jerusalem to try to
tie up the loose ends of the elusive peace
agreement, which seemed certain last
September after the Camp David ac
cords but bogged down in deadlock in
November, Carter said that he was
"hopeful" but that he -recognized the
great risk involved that failure would
influence his position as a leader and
potentially alter his political future.
Both Egyf and Israel mounted
massive security measures for ' the
Carter visit, particularly Israel.
Palestinian guerrillas planted bombs
yesterday in three Arab buses parked in
East Jerusalem. One of them wounded
12 persons when it exploded at the" -
Allenby Bridge, across the Jordan River
in the occupied West Bank.
On the eve of Carter's visit, there was
restrained optimism in Cairo and
Jerusalem, criticism from Arab leaders
in the occupied West Bank, growing
concern in the Arab world and un
certainty in Washington.
"It's far from being an the bag," one
U.S. official said.
In Cairo, Prime Minister Mustafa
Khalil said the Carter proposals were
"positive" but might have to be
modified.
"I think the chances of peace exist at
the present time," he said. "These
chances are rather good." It was the
first official Egyptian comment on the
Carter trip.
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to soften the language on a timetable for
creating Palestinian self-rule in the
Gaza Strip and West Bank.
The compromise, accepted by Israel,
reportedly would set a good-faith target
date of one year for completing
negotiations on that issue and clearing
the way for elections.
It appeared Sadat had given ground on
his demand for a binding target date for
elections.
The second key compromise proposal
concerned the precedence of the Israeli-
Egyptian pact in relation to other treaty
obligations. No details were known.
The makeup of Carter's entourage
suggests he will also be ready to discuss
an increase in military aid for Israel and
Egypt as an incentive for a peace
agreement.
Included were Defense Secretary
Harold Brown, his Middle East policy
"deputy, Robert Murray, and Pentagon
arms sales expert Erich von Mar
bad.Both nations have made clear they
want billions in new aid.
Carter and Sadat will hold their first
round of talks shortly after Carter
arrives today and will dine together at
Sadat's Tarah Palace.
Tomorrow, they will take a three-hour
train ride to Alexandria, where millions
are expected to turn out to cheer the pair
enroute a replay of the tumultuous
reception given President Richard
Nixon in 1974.
Tomorrow's itinerary includes more
discussions, a visit to the Great
Pyramids at Giza and a Carter address
before Egypt's parliament. Carter then
moves on to Israel Saturday for talks,
visits to shrines and an address to the
Knesset on Monday.
In Tel Aviv, Israeli Foreign Minister
Moshe Dayan said that if Sadat agreed
to the U.S. proposals, then . only the
issues of diplomatic relations and the
Sinai oil fields would remain to be
resolved.
An Israeli Foreign Minstry spokesman
quoted Dayan as saying there also were
outstanding issues between the United
States and Israel: a grant not a loan—
of billions of dollars to pay for moving
two Israeli Sinai air bases back to Israel,
and U,S. guarantees that Egypt would
honor the treaty.
Arab leaders in the occupied West
Bank criticized the Carter visit and said
it might cause more trouble than good
for American interests in the Middle
East. They said the visit was against the
national interest of the Palestinians.
Iraq's news agency said Sada t's Arab
opponents would meet soon, possibly this
weekend, to consider economic and
political sanctions against Egypt if
Sada t signed a treaty with Israel.
The opponents of the Egyptian-Israeli
negotiations, grouped in what they call
the "Steadfastness and Confrontation
Front," include Syria, Libya, South
Yemen, Algeria and the Palestine
Liberation Organization.
Reports that they would meet in
Baghdad followed earlier threats by
some oil-producing Arab nations to sell
oil only to nations which back the PLO.
"We have to study the proposals to see
if they comply with our position of a
comprehensive peace settlement and the
establishment of self-government
authority with full autonomy in Gaza
and the West Bank, starting with Gaza
first," Khalil said.
Q. Bell of Pennsylvania
Waiting:
Unexpected large crowds forced
the University to begin accepting
dorm-contracts for next year at 7
p.m. yesterday instead of 8 a.m.
today, as planned.
At noon 'yesterday, approximately
5,200 students were assembled at
Findlay, Pollock and Waring Halls in
lines that began forming at 10:00
Tuesday night.
M. Lee Uperaft, director of
Residential Life, said 12,700 dorm
spaces are available for next year. Of
these, 7,000 are open to returning
Taking advantage of the situation, Denise Bachman (6th-journalism), types a
story for The Daily Collegian while waiting in line Tuesday night to hand in a
dorm contract.
Most students play by the rules
when placing a long distance
call. They take advantage of bar
gain rates and make their calls
during the discount periods. If
you're not sure when you can call
at discount rates, check your
phone book.
A few students think it's O.K. to
break the rules by stealing their
telephone calls. They're not beat
ing the system, they're taking
advantage of all of us, because it
drives up the cost of providing
telephone service.
Students who break the rules also
run the risk of paying a large fine.
Spending time in jail. And getting
themselves a permanent police
record.
It's just not worth it!
Photo by Sherrie Weino
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Students, pictured here in West Halls' Waring lounge, slept in line in dorm areas across campus Tuesday night to hand in dorm contracts
yesterday for next year's housing assignments.
Long lines change housing plans
students. Uperaft said last year
approximately 1,000 returning
students were denied dorm space.
Of• the remaining spaces for next
year, 4,000 are available to incoming
freshmen and 1,500 to transfei
students from Commonwealth
campuses.
As expected, this year's revised
system for submitting dorm con
tracts has met with some opposition
from students. John Scarcelli (sth
business administration), a resident
of East Halls, called the system a
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"flamboyant display of
mismanagement."
Scarcelli said that during their
wait, students were becoming an
noyed, impatient and "very upset."
He added that many students believe
Housing Services, in establishing this
new system, is responsible for adding
confusion and tension among
students waiting in line.
On the other hand, Mary Kiernan,
assistant area coordinator of Waring
Hall, said there were "not too many
problems" in the lines formed there.
Crowds camp out
for dorm contracts
By MIKE SILLUP
Daily Collegian Staff Writer
Several thousand students learned
yesterday what the American Realist
author Hamlin Garland meant when
he said, "Nothing wears on the
human soul like waiting."
Yesterday was what one student
termed "the annual spring hassle"
submitting dorm contracts.
University Housing and Food
Services told students that doors to
the dining halls would open at 6:00
a.m. Wednesday, but some students
began their vigil outside for dorm
space as early as 5 p.m. Tuesday.
Contracts were to be accepted
beginning 8 a.m. Thursday, but that
time was later changed to 7 p.m.
Wednesday.
"There was a miscalculation of the
student's eagerness to stand in line
for a contract," University Provost
Edward D. Eddy said. -
In previous years, only students
requesting a change of assignment
had to get a place at the front of the
line to be assured a room. This year,.
a new system was implemented that
put everyone those wanting their
old rooms back, and those looking'for
a new room into the same boat:
first come, first served.
The new system provoked many
complaints from students requesting
reassignment.
"I bet most of the early people were
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An estimated 650 students were
broken down into groups of ap
proximately 200 students.
"The students are handling it
well," Kiernan said, adding that they
were "very orderly and un
derstanding."
Commenting on the problems of the
new system and students' com
plaints, University Provost Edward
D. Eddy said, "When , you revise (a
system) it's a series of trial and
error." ..
there because they want their room
back," Mike Genovese (4th-human
development) said.
Another student who was in line at
Waring Hall at 5:00 a.m. Wednesday
said that before this year, no one
would wait 26 hours to get dorm
space.
"Even the diehards who really
wanted the room switch wouldn't
wait longer than 14 hours," he said.
William Mulberger, manager of
room assignments, said there were
12,700 spaces available for on-campus
undergraduate housing.
"It's stupid that they opened the
line a whole day in advance, because
it just created a panic," Jeff Grimm
(3rd-civil engineering) said.
Genovese said the line at Waring
was well organized.
University Housing personnel split
the huge line into.groups of 200 people
and put them in separate rooms in
West Halls, he said. .
"Once we were in the rooms it
wasn't that bad," Genovese said. "It
was like being at the beach. People
had their sleeping bags all over the
floor and were listening to radios and
playing cards."
Della Hoke (6th-art) said her group
got in line at midnight at Pollock and
was finally assigned ticket number
304. Her contract was processed at
7:16p.m.
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